Archive for 2008

March 16, 2008 – “It’s all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you’re properly trained.” Queen Elizabeth II

By Jude T. Feld Like Kathy Walsh, Queen Elizabeth II enjoys her afternoons at the horse racesBBC PHOTO “It really is a revolution.” Hillary Clinton in a legitimate bid for President of the United States. Gloria Steinem, the woman who said those immortal words, on my Delta flight to the Louisiana Derby (G2). And now, […]

March 14, 2008 – “If Jack Nicklaus can win the Masters at 46, I can win the Kentucky Derby at 54.” Bill Shoemaker

By Jude T. Feld Georgie Boy makes his two-turn debut at Santa Anita in the San Felipe (G2) BENOIT PHOTO Three major Kentucky Derby (G1) preps will be conducted Saturday afternoon. Racing aficionados from around the world will be glued to their televisions hoping to find some important pieces to the Derby puzzle. Keeneland players […]

March 12, 2008 – “Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.” Oscar Wilde

March 10, 2008 – “I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.” Clarence Darrow

March 8, 2008 – “Man, if you gotta ask, you’ll never know.” Louis Armstrong

By Jude T. Feld Fire Into Ice – Chuck Fipke’s true story told by noted author Vernon Frolick Chuck Fipke, the owner of Tale of Ekati, has been described as, “near-sighted, goateed, short and as tough as an oak stump.” He is a former prospector, who discovered the existence of diamonds near Lac de Gras […]

March 5, 2008 – “In New Orleans, gluttony is a way of life.” Morton J. Horowitz

March 3, 2008 – “His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.” Mae West